‘Preventative’ Mastectomy Found to Not Have any Benefits

Chron By Todd Ackerman Breast cancer patients are increasingly having preventive surgery to remove the unaffected breast, but a new study suggests it’s not beneficial for the vast majority of women who undergo it. Researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center on Thursday reported that an analysis of the records of more than 100,000 patients

My Left Breast Put Fancy TSA Scanner to the Test

Sandra Fish | A funny thing happened to me at airport security this week: The full-body scanner appeared to detect my fake left breast.

Continuing The Question of Breast Cancer Screenings

January 20, 2010 Telegraph.co.uk By Rebecca Smith Despite assertions that screening saves 1,400 lives a year, there is no evidence the programme has cut deaths, the article in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine said. Controversy over the benefits of breast cancer screening were first raised last year when experts said women were not being told of

Continuing The Question of Breast Cancer Screenings

January 20, 2010 Telegraph.co.uk By Rebecca Smith Despite assertions that screening saves 1,400 lives a year, there is no evidence the programme has cut deaths, the article in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine said. Controversy over the benefits of breast cancer screening were first raised last year when experts said women were not being told of

Why Beer Is The Latest Hope In Fight Against Cancer

January 18, 2010 DailyMail.co.uk By Anastasia Stephens It might be your preference to crack open a bottle of red wine at the end of a hard day but you may be better off pouring a pint. Researchers at the German Cancer Research Centre in Heidelberg have discovered that beer contains a powerful molecule that helps protect against breast and

Pomegranates may prevent estrogen-driven breast cancer

(NaturalNews) Many breast cancers are estrogen-dependent. So a class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors (AI) that block the synthesis of estrogen are used by mainstream medical doctors to attempt to slow the growth of estrogen sensitive breast tumors. Unfortunately, as the Mayo Clinic web site points out, AI drugs — which include anastrozole (Arimidex), letrozole (Femara) and exemestane (Aromasin) — come loaded with side effects including hot flashes, severe joint pain, muscle aches, headache, fatigue, bone fractures and a potential risk of heart disease. But now comes good news: there appears to be a natural alternative to AIs. Researchers say they’ve found a substance that could prevent the development of hormone-dependent breast cancer and halt the growth of estrogen-driven tumors — pomegranate fruit. Pomegranates contain phytochemicals known as ellagitannins that work much like aromatase inhibitors, according to results of a study just published in the January issue of Cancer Prevention Research , a journal …

Pomegranate Helping Prevent Breast Cancer

January 13, 2010 Reuters By Xavier Briand An acid found in pomegranates appears to block aromatase, an enzyme that converts androgen to estrogen, a hormone that plays a role in the development of breast cancer, the researchers wrote in the journal Cancer Prevention Research. “We identified some of these chemicals in pomegranates that actually have properties that can suppress

The Data Behind the New Mammogram Recommendations – Explained

(NaturalNews) Several years ago, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (PSTF) issued an updated set of recommendations about mammogram screenings, suggesting which and how often women should get them. Since the last time the group issued its recommendations in 2002, new study data emerged that has led to a few changes. Its new guidelines, suggesting that women over 40 only need a mammogram every two years, has led to a firestorm of criticism from professional and advocacy groups as well as politicians. The American College of Radiology and the American Cancer Society were quick to condemn the new findings, ones that PSTF has explained made the best sense based on current published data. The group consulted the Evidence-Based Practice Center at the Oregon Health and Science University for all current, relevant information about breast cancer screenings and arrived at what it says is a well-informed conclusion concerning routine screenings for older women. Dr. Heidi Nelson, the lead researcher at the university who compiled the information for the …

Was Maurice Vellacott right about abortion-breast cancer link?

Gloria Galloway Globe and Mail January 10, 2010 Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott issued a release this week to say he had been vindicated by the National Cancer Institute for making the controversial claim that there is a link between induced abortion and breast cancer. And Mr. Vellacott may be right. A d v e r t i s e m e n t Three years ago, the Saskatchewan MP helped to bring an American doctor and activist to Parliament Hill to tell Canadian women that abortion increases the risk of breast cancer. It turned out that the doctor, Angela Lanfranchi, was speaking from a defined religious point of view that had little apparent basis in science. And, at the time, the link between the procedure and the disease had been discounted by the National Cancer Institute in the United States, the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (and their U.S. counterparts), as well as the …

Study Pushes Baby Formula For Profit Over Natural Breast Feeding

January 8, 2010 Natural News By David Gutierrez A recent study lauding the benefits of fortified infant formula has been greeted with skepticism by child development specialists, who suspect that the study is only the first part of an attempt to promote formula over breast milk. “It is clear that the food industry fascination with nutraceuticals (strategically fortified food

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